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Matt Morrell

"I was in a motorcycle accident that happened less than a mile from KU Med center. When they took me to the hospital I assumed and was ready for my first broken bone and wear a cast for 6-8 weeks but that was not the case. My leg was crushed between the car and my motorcycle, fractured my left tibia at the joint and mid-shin and my leg went without blood for 4 hours and the decision to amputate me leg was thrown around several times. |The Repair: My initial surgery was a double fasciotomy to relieve the pressure built up from my open veins and to graft a vein from my right leg to my left that took 12 hours. A few days later the double fasciotomy received skin grafts from my thighs. Due to the swelling my surgeryss that had to heal before my bones could be set/screwed back together. Altogether roughly 6 weeks in the hospital, 30 hours of surgeries and 320 stitches and staples....
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